poverty line
The threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessitiesThe threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities.
» None of the population was living below the poverty line.
Meaning
1 sensesThe threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities.
Armutsgrenze
черта́ бе́дностиčertá bédnosti
межа бідностіmeža bidnosti
a level of personal income defining the state of poverty
Examples
7 sentencesNone of the population was living below the poverty line.
About three-quarters of the population lives below the poverty line.
ruОколо трёх четвертей населения живёт за чертой бедности. — Wezel
Three quarters of the country's population live below the official poverty line.
deDrei Viertel der Einwohner des Landes leben unter der offiziellen Armutsgrenze. — al_ex_an_der
In the Netherlands, over 2.5 million people live below the poverty line.
How many Moroccans live below the poverty line?
Translations
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Forms
plural: poverty lines| Singular | poverty line |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a level of personal income defining the state of poverty:poverty level